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Swannay - Scapa Bere
Selected by Jan Anderson
I first visited Orkney over 25 years
ago, and have been back almost every
year since then. Orkney is a fascinating
place, rugged coastline, sandy beaches,
loads of historical sites including
Scapa Flow, often windy, and you can
often see all four seasons in one day!
I met Rob Hill, the owner of Swanny
Brewery when he was head brewer at
Orkney Brewery. Rob opened Swannay
Brewery around 2005, and has been
brewing fantastic beers ever since.
One of my favourites is Orkney
Blast, but this beer is not available for
this year’s festival as the brewery is
expanding and building work is taking
place which includes a new brewery,
visitors centre and café.
So I have chosen Scapa Bere, a beer
brewed with 100% Orkney grown Bere
Barley, an old grain brought to the
island by the Vikings. It is a light amber
beer that gets it flavour and colour
from the Bere malt which also adds a
minerally, almost salty flavour.
I hope you enjoy Scapa Bere as
much as I do and if you are feeling
adventurous take a trip north and visit
the brewery!
Coniston - Old Man Ale
selected by Murray Owen
Many of you who have climbed
the Old Man of Coniston have most
likely called in to the Black Bull Inn
afterwards. A 400-year old coaching
inn, built about the time of the Spanish
Armada, and situated in the centre of
Coniston Village. Many famous people
have crossed its threshold including
Turner (artist), Coleridge and, more
recently, Donald Campbell.
On the occasion of my visit I had a
pint of this remarkable ale scoring it
4.5 (out of 5) on CAMRA’s beer scoring
system. When looking for my personal
pick I looked at all my previous beer
scores and of the few at 4.5 this ale,
Coniston’s Old Man, stood out. I hope
you enjoy it as much as I did.
Stewart Brewing - Radical Road Reverse
selected by Paul Hillhouse
As I tend to work most days at the
festival, I’m limited to how much I can
try - especialy of my prefered higher
ABV beers. So each year I tend to go
to a beer festival in a different branch
area. One of the first was the Scottish
Real Ale Fesitval (SRAF) in Edingburgh.
Over the course of the week I got to
try Radical Road Reverse, a 6% ABV IPA
in cask, keg, and from a wooden cask. I
was amazed as this beer has an equally
massive hit of malts and hops, and
it was transformed in each dispense
method, but was always very enjoyable.
So when I heard the big IPA had a
new session-strength version aiming
to pack in all the flavour of one of
my favourite beers it was an obvious
choice. Bring all the flavour, but at a
strenght that means people can go on
sampling more beers for the rest of the
night.
Champion Beers of Britain
The Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB)
competition is the most prestigious
prize CAMRA offers to brewers, and
this year at the festival we have the top
3 beers from the 2018 Champion Beer
of Britain awards, plus the 2019 Winter
Beer of Britain too!
We won’t take up any more of your
valuable drinking time. Thanks for
reading. We hope you like the beers,
and enjoy the festival,
The “Wet” Team